Rolling construction platform

Abstract

The following specification discloses a rolling construction platform which can be easily converted for over the road transportation. The rolling construction platform for supporting staging comprising a first frame support section and a second frame support section. The first and second support sections each have a forward terminal end and a back terminal end. The forward terminal end of the first frame support section having a pair of wheels engaged therewith and the back terminal end of the second frame support section having a pair of wheels engaged therewith. When the back terminal end section of the first frame support section is connected to the forward terminal end of the second frame support section, the rolling construction platform is formed and when the forward terminal end section of the first frame support section is connected to the rear terminal end of the second frame support section, the two pairs of wheels are placed in tandem to provide for over the road transportation.

What I claim is: 
     
       1. A rolling platform for supporting staging comprising a first frame support section and a second frame support section, the first and second frame support sections each having means of supporting staging, the first frame support section including a first long side frame member, a second long side frame member, a forward frame member, and a back frame member, the first and second long side frame members each having a forward terminal end, a back terminal end and a lower surface, the forward frame member connecting the forward terminal ends of the first and second long side frame members and the back frame member connecting the back terminal ends of the first and second long side frame members, the area defined by the first and second long side frame members, the forward frame member and the back frame member having a front end and a back end, a first pair of wheels connected by a first axle to the front end in close proximity to the forward terminal end, a first tongue steerably connected to the first pair of wheels, the forward and back frame members having a series of laterally space through apertures formed therein, the second frame support section including a third long side frame member, a fourth long side frame member, a second forward frame member, and a second back frame member, the third and fourth long side frame members each have a second forward terminal end, a second back terminal end and a second lower surface, the second forward frame member connects the second forward terminal ends of the third and fourth long side frame members and the second back frame member connects the second back terminal ends of the third and fourth long side frame members, the area defined by the third and fourth long side frame members, the second forward frame member and the second back frame member having a front and a back, a coupling means extending forward of the second forward frame member for attaching the rolling platform to a towing vehicle, a second pair of wheels connected by a second axle and attached to the lower surface in close proximity to the back, a second tongue steerably connected to the second pair of wheels in close proximity to the second back frame member, the first and second tongues each extend along a line in parallel relation with the longitudinal midline of the first and second frame support sections and each extending beyond their respective frame support section, the second forward and back frame members having a series of spaced through apertures formed therein, whereby the rolling platform can assume two configurations such that in the first configuration, the first forward frame member and the second back frame member are attached together by means of connectors extending through aligned apertures in the frame members with the coupling means extending forward of the second forward frame member when the rolling platform is in transit over the roads and in the second configuration, the first back frame member and the second forward frame member are attached by means of connectors extending through aligned apertures in the frame members with a respective tongue extending beyond the second back frame member and the first forward frame member for steering of the respective wheel pairs. 
     
     
       2. The rolling platform as set forth in claim 1 wherein support portions for supporting staging is provided at the corners formed by the first forward frame member and the first long side frame member and formed by the first forward frame member and the second long side frame member and at the corners formed by the second back frame member and the third long side frame member and formed by the second back frame member and the fourth long side frame member. 
     
     
       3. The rolling platform as set forth in claim 2 wherein the support portions each include a stud element for engaging staging. 
     
     
       4. The rolling platform as set forth in claim 2 wherein the first pair of wheels have a first pair of tie rods pivotally attached between the first tongue and respective steering knuckles of the first pair of wheels, and the second pair of wheels having a second pair of tie rods pivotally attached between the second tongue and respective steering knuckles of the second pair of wheels. 
     
     
       5. The rolling platform as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first and second tongues each have a series of through holes formed therein which are aligned for securing the tongues together. 
     
     
       6. The rolling platform as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first frame support section includes a series of spaced first cross members, the cross members being connected across the area defined by the first and second long side frame members, the forward frame member and the back frame member in spaced parallel relation to each other and to the forward and back frame members, and the second frame support section includes a series of spaced second cross members, the second cross members being connected across the area defined by the third and fourth long side frame members, the second forward frame member and the second back frame member, in spaced parallel relation to each other and to the second forward and back frame members.